YOLO

Yep, You Only Live Once (unless you are Buddhist), but we'll come to that in a minute.

There was a lot of heavy rain overnight. Though the rain didn't disturb us, Jasper decided at 4 am that a full recital of Wagner's Ring Cycle would brighten our morning. He was wrong. Diane cajoled him and eventually, he quietened down and we dozed until it was time to get up. Ellie was dropped off soon after 07:00 and we went through the usual schoolday agenda, dropping her at school and arriving home for breakfast (soaked, in this case).

Back to YOLO and the fact that even retirees can live on the edge, we had cancelled the Ocado delivery. We marched into Sainsbury's with our combined list and wandered the aisles hunting the required comestibles. We could hardly contain our excitement. Remaining calm, as befits people of our age, we paid for the shopping and headed home. We had survived, and thus far, don't appear to have forgotten anything.

We had our usual quiet hour or so with the books before I ventured back into the rain to collect Ellie. Talking of rain, I have realised that my waterproof (GoreTex) shoes leak. They are quite old and have provided good service, but it is time they were replaced. I spent a stupid amount of time online looking for some suitable smart casual shoes that were waterproof. I hope that I have been successful but won't know until the package turns up.

Zoe came along at about 5 pm to collect Ellie.